He knew they shouldn’t do this. That she needed the mask to help her breathe. But his heart, how it ached. How it hurt over seeing her doing this, for him. Because she wanted to kiss him, to feel him like this. Despite the guilt going on within his heart, and his mind, he lets his eyes shut for a moment and he kisses her back gently; softly, not wanting to hurt her.
His hand finds one of hers easily, and he holds it gently.
He wished they were anywhere but here.
She breaths through her nose, her lungs filling with air so she can enjoy the kiss. It was so loving and she hardly wanted it to end, trying her best to keep her breathing under control.
It wasn’t too difficult and the pain medication was helping to keep her chest pain at bay. It was all worth it for just this moment, expressing so much in a simple kiss.
She cared about him so much that it overshadowed any physical pain anyway.
As beautiful as the moment as, no matter how warm her lips felt, how much affection that the two of them were pouring into this simple gesture that people did every day, even with the romantic element of snow softly falling outside the hospital window… it had to end. All good things had to end eventually.
The two broke apart, Jack’s cheeks flushing purple as always, and he tried to capture his breath as he reached down and picked up the mask Katelynn had taken off.
“You’re beautiful.” he said simply as he helped her to replace it. “Don’t tell… don’ tell me otherwise. Ever. O-okay…?”
Jack Maple 